--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: wt4c Site location: 34.7815 North / 82.7214 West (34° 46' 53" N / 82° 43' 16" W) Ground elevation: 898.95 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 918.95 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: -10.15 feet Distance to paris_mountain_100: 20.79 miles Azimuth to paris_mountain_100: 57.82 degrees Elevation angle to paris_mountain_100: +0.4873 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.7024 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: paris_mountain_100 Site location: 34.9413 North / 82.4107 West (34° 56' 28" N / 82° 24' 38" W) Ground elevation: 2040.68 feet AMSL Antenna height: 100.00 feet AGL / 2140.68 feet AMSL Distance to wt4c: 20.79 miles Azimuth to wt4c: 238.00 degrees Depression angle to wt4c: -0.7881 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.7862 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Longley-Rice path calculation parameters used in this analysis: Earth's Dielectric Constant: 15.000 Earth's Conductivity: 0.005 Siemens/meter Atmospheric Bending Constant (N-units): 301.000 ppm Frequency: 146.520 MHz Radio Climate: 5 (Continental Temperate) Polarization: 1 (Vertical) Fraction of Situations: 50.0% Fraction of Time: 60.0% Transmitter ERP: 35 Watts ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary for the link between wt4c and paris_mountain_100: Free space path loss: 106.28 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 123.73 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 17.45 dB Field strength at paris_mountain_100: 42.29 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 34.84 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 42.67 uV Mode of propagation: Double Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between paris_mountain_100 and wt4c, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.7918 N, 82.7014 W, 19.45 miles, 1013.78 feet AMSL 34.7914 N, 82.7022 W, 19.50 miles, 1010.50 feet AMSL 34.7910 N, 82.7029 W, 19.55 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL 34.7907 N, 82.7036 W, 19.60 miles, 1033.46 feet AMSL 34.7861 N, 82.7125 W, 20.20 miles, 984.25 feet AMSL 34.7857 N, 82.7133 W, 20.25 miles, 980.97 feet AMSL Antenna at paris_mountain_100 must be raised to at least 1523.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at paris_mountain_100 must be raised to at least 11091.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at paris_mountain_100 must be raised to at least 5853.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.